The New Mithraeum Database

A possible Mithraeum II was found in Bingen, but the few remains are not sufficient to prove it.

TNMM354 – CIMRM 1245

This sculpture of Mithras born from a rock was found in 1922 together with two altars in what was probably a mithraeum.

TNMM691 – CIMRM 1240

The altar of the Sun god belongs to the typology of the openwork altar to be illuminated from behind.

TNMM387 – CIMRM 1241, 1242

The monument was dedicated by two brothers, one of them being the Pater of his community.

TNMM519 – CIMRM 1243

Die Mitrasreligion war eine der Formen, in denen die kosmische Frömmigkeit der Spätantike Ausdruck fand. Im Zentrum des Heiligtums stand das Relief des Mithras, der den Stier opfert. Die Kultstätten waren als Höhlen konstruiert und entsprachen der Hö…

W. Vollgraff, Une inscription gravée sur un vase cultuel mithriaque. Extrait de : Mededelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afd. Letterkunde. Nieuwe Reeks, Deel 18, N° 8, pp. 205-218, 2 figg. et 1 pi. Prix : 1,25 fl. Un ré…

This altar found at ancient Burginatum is the northernmost in situ Mithraic find on the continent.

TNMM507

The altars of the gods of the Sun and Moon found in the Mithraeum of Mundelsheim wear openwork segments that could be lighten from behind.

TNMM386

This small monument without inscription was found in Bingem, Germany.

TNMM725 – CIMRM 1244

The Celts are the first known to have settled in this place, which they called Binge, meaning rift. Roman troops stationed here in the first century AD rendered the local name as Bingium in Latin.